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OW HOW IT HURT TO PAY FOR SIN
by DANIEL MBAJIORGU Ow! How it hurt to pay for sin: A Son was made an offering, A spotless, perfect, holy Lamb, Was slain for man ere time began. All men like sheep have gone astray All we have turned each one his way; The Lord on Him our sins have laid The Law's demand He fully paid. The atonement for sin He sealed And by His stripes are men all healed; His chastisement brought us our peace He died that we all might increase. Ow! How it hurt to pay for sin: Jesus, the Lamb, the offering; About two thousand years ago At Calvary did suffer so: Him we denied and Him we sold For silver coins, not even gold; A Friend so true we spat upon A King we stripped and scourged with scorn. In our court room we did despise, Accused, condemned, we did chastise - Our Creator, our Lord, our God; And mute as sheep, He spoke no word. Derobed and ragged in scarlet red, Our crown of thorns sat on His head; We then reviled, we all did mock, With whip and reed His pate we struck. And while He hung upon the tree He chose to make for us a plea - God's forgiveness from thrones above; Who for the world can show such love? Rejected, smitten, forsaken, He shed His blood to save all men; Upon the cross He bled and died Ow! Our sharp nails, they crucified. Sing not just hymns, but bear the yoke Of love and suff'ring as a cloak; Christ's true disciples suffer loss, They follow Him, each bears a cross. Ow! How it hurt to pay for sin: Jesus, the Lamb, the offering, God's only Son, the Son of Man, Was slain for us ere time began. .............................................................. A hymn most enjoyable when sung and written with the tune of Isaac watts', When I Survey The Wondrous Cross. Member of FW 500. A poet, a hymnist, a song writer and a mechanical engineer and pastor/evangelist living in Enugu, Nigeria and happily married to wife Kate, with their little son, Tozer. My book titled POET MONK which is a collection of poems will soon be published by Pleasant Word Publishing in US Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |